On Vegas Golden Knights and Marc-Andre Fleury …
Chris Nichols: Ray Ferraro on TSN 1040: “I was told that Fleury is staying in Vegas.”
Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Marc-Andre Fleury on waiving his no-movement clause before the trade deadline.
“The team came forward to me and asked … it gave them more for the future, for the summer, so they weren’t scrambling to trade me,” Fleury said.
“I thought it was the right thing to help the team, to stay with the team and finish the season here and have a chance to play for the Cup again.”
On the Vegas Golden Knights and Anaheim Ducks …
Maple Leafs Hot Stove: Bob McKenzie on TSN 1050 talking about the Anaheim Ducks as being one of the teams that may have a deal in place with the Vegas Golden Knights to not take ‘x’ player who is exposed.
“Our understanding is that Kevin Bieksa, who has a No Movement Clause, was not asked by the deadline yesterday to waive the NMC. So that means he’s getting protected. If Kevin Bieksa is getting protected, it likely means that Josh Manson is going to be exposed. Josh Manson is a real good defenceman. Josh Manson, as I understand it, isn’t getting claimed by Vegas. I think there is a deal cooked there that Vegas is going to take somebody else other than the obvious choice and will get something for it.
When we see all these protected lists and exposed lists, people are going to go, “Oh wow, look at this team” as they’re building the Golden Knights. And then they’re going to find out the expansion draft happened and some really good players didn’t get claimed. It’s because Vegas is getting inducements to not take certain players. Even when the list comes out on Sunday, don’t be fooled into thinking everyone who is available is actually available.”